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ARTISTOTLE: Poetics
À Modes of Imitation differ in 3 ways:
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À Ô¦)Ô rhythm, language, harmony
À *+$ Men in action are objects of
imitation
À Ô(( narration/action
ARTISTOTLE: The Text
Part IV: The Causes of Poetry
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pleasure in it.
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À ³Character gives us our qualities, but it is by our
actions that we are happy or the reverse.´
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À Representations of an action: the agents have two
causes of their actions: thought and character.
À The comparison with painting: beautiful colors
without order do not give the same pleasure as a
simple black & white sketch or a portrait.
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À ³the power of saying whatever can be said.´
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À -nity of Plot: The plot must represent an
action and form a complete whole with a
beginning, middle and end
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Discussion of the PLOT II
The PLOT "must make a universal statement
À Aristotle believed poetry was more
important than history because poetry
states universals.
À The playwright should include incidents
arousing pity and fear [
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À That are both unexpected and "in
consequence" of one another.
ARTISTOTLE: The Text
À Part XIII:
À Through error or frailty rather than vice or
depravity.
À Part XIV: ü
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À rest done through structure of the pieces rather
than spectacle.
À hat kind of circumstances?
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À Good character; propriety; true to life; consistency
èuestions for Discussion
À hat criteria do you think Aristotle is
proposing for art in general?
À hat effect does he think art has on us?
À How can you apply Aristotle to
contemporary art/theatre?
À How does he differ from Plato? How is he
similar?
À How might his view be applied to
representing the holocaust?